View of the adobe newspaper office for El Heraldo del Valle, a Spanish Language, Republican newspaper in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. The two story adobe house next to El Heraldo belongs to José Ramos Valdéz, (8th from left), a school teacher, translator, poet and editor/publisher of El Heraldo del Valle. José Candelario de la Luz Valdéz, shown 5th from the left, was an owner of a general mercantile store, Costilla County Treasurer, Justice of the Peace and County Sheriff, he stands next to a child, Ruben Valdéz, Jr. An African American man in a suit and tie poses near three Hispanic American musicians, one plays a clarinet, one a violin and the third a guitar.

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Content derived from inventory prepared by Dana EchoHawk.; From inventory: "The newspaper office El Heraldo del Valle was a Republican newspaper in San Luis, Colorado that began about 1870. The home next to El Heraldo belonged to José Ramos Valdéz, (8th from left), a school teacher, translator, poet and editor/publisher of El Heraldo del Valle. José Candelario de la Luz Valdéz, shown 5th from left, was an owner of a general mercantile, Costilla County Treasurer, Justice of Peace and County Sheriff, he stands next to a child, Ruben Valdéz, Jr." (Hispanic Pioneers in Colorado and New Mexico, Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy, p. 7).; Scan of photograph from: Hispanic pioneers in Colorado and New Mexico / Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy, 2006. Source: Frank Gallegos.; Scanned image from loaned collection.; Title from inventory.; Digitization sponsored by the Library Services and Technology Act and the Center for Colorado & the West at Auraria Library.; R7001521041. Mode of access: World Wide Web.